Vehicle-tongue.



PATENTED SEPT. 6, 1904.

P. EURST.

VEHICLE TUNGUE.

APPLIOATION FILED APR. 9, 1904.

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ATTURNEV Patented September 6, 1904.

PATENT GEETCE.

PETER FURST, OF ANDERSON, INDIANA.

VEHICLE-TONGUE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 769,604, dated September 6, 1904.

Application led April 9, 1904. Serial No. 202,367. (No model T0 @ZZ wil/fmt if 'nt/ty concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FURST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anderson, in the county of Madison and State of lndiana, have invented a new and Improved Vehicle-Tongue, of which the following` is a full, clear, and eXact description.

This invention relates to vehicle-tongues, and more especially to that type of vehicletongue consisting in the main of a metallic tube of suitable dismensions.

The object of the invention is to provide a simple, serviceable, and inexpensive tongue of the type specified which is well adapted to withstand the strains to which it is subjected when in use and which may be readily adapted to vehicles of different types by simply changing the dimensions of the tongue.

l/Vith the objects above stated and others in view, as will appear as the invention is more completely disclosed, the same consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts of a vehicle-tongue, as hereinafter described and claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

Reference is to be had to the accompanving drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a perspective view of a vehicletongue constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tong'ue shown in Fig. l with the forward end broken away to save space. Fig. is a sectional detail View upon the line 3 3 of Fig. 2, and Fig. 4f is a sectional view on the line 4 4 of Fig. Q.

Referring' to the drawings, l designates the main or body portion of the tongue, which, as shown in Fig. 4, is of tubular form and is preferably made of sheet metal of suitable gage. rl`he tube may be formed in any suitable manner, but is preferably made, as indicated in Fig. 4, with the seam along' the under side, and it is slightly tapered from the rear to the forward end.

such seam.

rlhe seam may be formed portion l of the tongue is divided to present two diverging and outwardly-curving arms 2 2, each of which is formed integral with the body portion of the tongue and is also of tubular structure. The arms 2 2 are of considerably smaller diameter than the body of the tongue, as shown, and they are connected toward their rear extremities with a pair of diverging arms 3 3, which consist, preferably, of round rods of suitable diameter. The arms 3 3 are brought together at their forward ends and are inserted into a casting LL, which is titted in the rear portion of the body l of the tongue and is secured in position by means of a belt or rivet 5 or some other suitable fastening device. The bolt or rivet 5 serves in the form of the invention illustrated to assist in holding the arms 3 3 in position, as well as to fasten the casting Ll. ln order to hold the arms 3 3 and the arms 2 2 in proper relative position, a curved brace-rod is rigidly attached to the arms 3 3 by being welded thereto at its ends or otherwise, and the tubular arms 2 2 are attached to the arms 3 3 and the curved brace-rod by passing the arms 3 3 and the brace 6 into the tubular arms 2 2 from bcneath and welding or brazing the arms 2 2 to the other structures at the points where they are inclosed by the arms 2 Q.

rlhe arms 3 3 of the structure above described are extended rearward beyond the eX- tremities of the arms 2 2 and are bent into substantially parallel position toward their rear ends, which are preferably formed into eyes 7 7 in engagement with bolts or other fastening members provided upon the vehicle to which the tongue is to be attached.

In the construction of the vehicle-tongue above described the dimensions of the tongue and the weight of the materials used will depend, as a matter of course, upon the character and the size of the vehicle for which the tongue is intended, and hence no dclinite statement of dimensions may be given which would be correct for tongues of all classes. For an ordinary carriage. however, it is desirable to make the body of the tongue about two and one-half inches in diameter at its rear end and to make the other dimensions in the` proportions indicated in the drawings. Then the' IOO A tree, swingletrees, nor the means for securing `present invention I have regarded it as unnecbody of the tongue has the size given, the arms 3 3 are preferably about iive-eighths of an inch in diameter and the curved brace-rod 6 is somewhat smaller, as clearly shown in the drawings.

It is of course to be understood that a doubletree and swingletrees are to be employed with the tongue above described, and any preferred type of doubletree and swingletrees may be used. The means employed for securing the doubletree and swingletrees upon the tongue may also be varied to suit the different conditions and tastes, and as neither the doublethem upon the tongue form any part of the essary to describe or illustrate them.

Whilel have described andillustrated a preferred form of embodiment of the invention, it is obvious that various minor structural details may be modified without departing from the spirit of the invention or sacrificing its advantages, and I therefore reserve the right to make such changes within the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentw l. A tubular vehicle-tongue having integral diverging tubular arms at its rear end and a pair of arms rigidly secured at their forward ends within the body of the tongue and extending rearwardly beyond the extremities of said tubular arms, said arms being rigidly secured intermediate their ends to the tubular arms.

2. The combination of a tubular vehicletongue having a pair of diverging tubular arms at the rear extremity thereof, a pair of rearwardly-extending solid arms rigidly connected with each other at their forward ends and diverging from each other as they extend rearwardly, and a block cast upon said forward end of the solid arms and adapted to fit into the rear end of the body portion of the tongue, said cast block having an aperture extending through the same between the diverging ends of the solid arms embedded therein, the tubular tongue being also provided with diameti rically opposite apertures registering' with said aperture in the cast block, anda pin passing through said apertures to unite said parts together, said diverging solid arms extending rearwardly past the extreme ends of said tubular arms, with the tubular arms at their extremities secured to the solid arms.

3. A tubular vehicle-tongue having a body portion, a pair of diverging tubular arms formed integral therewith at its rear extremity, a pair of solid arms attached at their forward ends to each other and received into the rear end of the body portion of said tongue and extending rearwardly beneath said tubular arms, to which the solid arms are attached in advance of their rear extremities, a pin passing through the rear end of the body portion of the tongue between the connected ends of said solid arms, and a forwardly-curved brace-rod attached to said solid arms at their points of attachment to the tubular arms.

4. The combination with a tubular vehicletongue having a pair of diverging tubular arms, of a casting secured in said tongue, just anterior to the point of divergence of said tubular arms, and a pair of diverging solid arms, having their forward ends secured in said block and being attached near their rear ends to said tubular arms.

5. The combination with atubular vehicletongue having a pair of rearwardly-diverging tubular arms formed integral therewith, of a pair of solidarms secured at their forward ends within said tubular tongue, diverging rearwardly and being partially inclosed near their rear ends by said tubular arms, and a forwardly-curved transverse brace extending between said solid arms and rigidly secured at its ends to the solid arms, where said arms are inclosed within the tubular arms.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this speciication in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

PETER FURSI.

I/Vitnesses:

DAVID W. LEATHERMAN, ERNEST MALONE. 

